A Multicentered Prospective Analysis of Diagnosis, Risk Factors, and Outcomes Associated With Pediatric Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e65-e73

  Gupta, Sameer ^a   Boville, Brian M ^b   Blanton, Rachel ^b   Lukasiewicz, Gloria ^c   Wincek, Jeni ^b   Bai, Chunhong ^c   Forbes, Michael L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital Association   (United States)

^d AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital acquired infections; pediatrics; pneumonia; ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937637860     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000338     Document Type: Article

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